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Forest area (% of land area)

For 2023, Forest area (% of land area) is led by Suriname at 94.45%. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Countries ranked 213
Snapshot year 2023
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0.023.647.270.894.4SurinameSuriname: 94.45%94.4Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 92.16%92.2GabonGabon: 91.18%91.2PalauPalau: 90.54%90.5Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 90.06%90.1GuyanaGuyana: 87.09%87.1Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 86.39%86.4American SamoaAmerican Samoa: 85.20%85.2Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 78.95%79.0LiberiaLiberia: 78.14%78.1FinlandFinland: 73.72%73.7SeychellesSeychelles: 73.26%73.3
Rank Country Value
1 Suriname 94.45%
2 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 92.16%
3 Gabon 91.18%
4 Palau 90.54%
5 Solomon Islands 90.06%
6 Guyana 87.09%
7 Equatorial Guinea 86.39%
8 American Samoa 85.20%
9 Papua New Guinea 78.95%
10 Liberia 78.14%
11 Finland 73.72%
12 Seychelles 73.26%
13 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 73.18%
14 Brunei Darussalam 72.11%
15 Bhutan 71.61%
16 Lao PDR 71.46%
17 Guinea-Bissau 69.51%
18 Sweden 68.70%
19 Japan 68.40%
20 Congo, Rep. 64.13%
21 Korea, Rep. 64.11%
22 Dominica 63.83%
23 Fiji 63.50%
24 Timor-Leste 61.66%
25 Montenegro 61.49%
26 Slovenia 61.17%
27 Costa Rica 60.40%
28 Zambia 59.52%
29 Brazil 58.98%
30 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 58.17%
31 Malaysia 57.72%
32 Samoa 57.64%
33 Estonia 57.07%
34 Panama 56.34%
35 Honduras 56.27%
36 Jamaica 56.19%
37 Puerto Rico (US) 56.12%
38 Peru 56.10%
39 Latvia 55.00%
40 Belize 54.52%
41 Congo, Dem. Rep. 54.19%
42 Northern Mariana Islands 52.96%
43 Colombia 52.77%
44 Cayman Islands 52.47%
45 Venezuela, RB 52.23%
46 Marshall Islands 52.22%
47 Sao Tome and Principe 52.13%
48 Angola 52.09%
49 Grenada 52.06%
50 Guam 51.85%
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Suriname sits at the top of the Forest area (% of land area) distribution in 2023 at 94.45%, with a lead of 2.29% over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Poland at 31.08%, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Qatar (0.00%), and the page currently covers 213 countries.